Combination billiard-table and bowling alley



April 18, 1933. A. SCHULZE ET AL COMBINATION BILLIARD TABLE AND BOWLINGALLEY Filed 001;. 27. 1930 nvvsurows: 4 9m; \SCHl/LZE. Mum/*1 Army/v.By:

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ALMA/4% Patented Apr. 18, 1933 UNITE-D sTArEsPAT -Nr OFFICE ARNOSGHULZE, or Los ANGELES, AND WILLIAM AMANN', or WILLQWBROOK,

CALIFORNIA COMBINATION BILLIARD-TABLE nnnnowmive ALLEY.

Application filed October 27, 1930, Serial 1N0. 491,376. is

This invention relates to devices in form of a game in which ten pinsare arranged to be knocked over by a ball-like operating memberQ One ofthe objects of this invention is to provide a structure in which thepins are hingedly mounted and arranged so that'certain of the pins willcause a. falling of other pins when hit by an operating member in a Icertain manner.

Another object is to space some of the pins more than others so that adifferent number of pins are liable to fall though a certain pin isrepeatedly hit by the operating member.

Another object is to provide a structure in form of a combinationbilliard ta-ble and bowling-alley in which different numbers of pins canbe made to fall by a single operating member.

Other objects will appear from the following description and appendedclaims as well as from the accompanying drawing, in

which 7 Fig. lis fragmentary longitudinal midsectional view of abilliard table having pins hingedly mounted in the top to operate bymeans of a ball rolled over the top of the table according to thisinvention.

'Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top view of the structure illustrated in Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal section through two of the pins withan operating ball disposed to strike the pins.

This game structure is provided with a table-top 4 over which acomparatively small ball is operated. V

The several pins 5 are hingedly mounted on a substructure by which theycan be supported in an upright position in the path of an operatingmember that is rolled over the table top and which allows the pins tofall backwards to a position that the several front faces of the pinsbecome flush with the table top so that the operating member may passunobstructed over the table top.

A ball is indicated at 6 on the table. top in a position to strike; anypin that would be in its upright position as indicated in dotted linesat.5 i

After Passing vtowards the rear endfof the II table, the operatingmember can drop through a return tube 7 as indicated at 6, I To make thegame interesting,'the pins are not evenly spaced with respect to one another. M, V, p f 1 Retaining the common principle of a regular gameoftenpins, involving afalling of some ofthe pins on being hit by some ofthe others to some extent, a number of the pins havebeen formed andarranged in such a close order that this can be accomplished. V From theillustration in ,Fig. 3' it should be clear that aball 6 may hit the pin5 ;too sharply in the direction of the arrow 8 and therebybe caused torebound in the-direction of the arrow 9 so that the pin 5 will never behit under such conditions.

Onthe other hand, aball may be operated just right to continue its pathin the direction of the arrow 10 after having knocked 10 down the firstpin. i v

The special wide spacing between the pins 5 and 5 ,-however, allows thepin 5 to fall 1 I without touching the pin 5 Forinstance when a ballhits the pin-'5 squarely in the 15 middle, or even as far to oneside asindicated at 6 a'fallingrof the pin 5 resultsonl'y in theadditional'falling of the p ins fig, 5 5 5 and-5 ,while.all the otherpins will remain standing, as long or if the spacing is; provided in themanner illustrated in Fig.2.

, All the pins can be knocked down only by a hitting ofthe pin 5 as wellas the pin 5 di rectly by theball orother operating means,

A similarly larger spacing is alsoprovided in the drawing between'thepins 5 and 5 to result in a dropping of the four pins'5 ,'5 5;, and 5 ona hitting of the pin 5,, by the operating member. i V The five pins 5 5,5 5, and 5 will fall 99 when the pin is hit by the operating member.Three pins can be dropped by hitting pin 5 including 5 and 5 while twopins can be dropped by hitting the pin 5,, there I. being a largerspacing between the pins 5:,

and 5 Of course, a different spacingthan illustrated may be adopted,depending merely on the wishes of a customer or other influencingrequirements.

Though for the sake of clearness in the drawing the spacings are allaround eventually so wide that it may be doubted just why or that onepin could hit another, but it 1 should be understood that the pins intheir standing position, by reason of their hingesupports at 11, arebrought closer to the rear h edges of the pins just ahead, and that theedges may be designed so that they will just 2 touch sufliciently, toresult in a joint falling in the manner set forth above, thepin-position indicated at 5 in Fig. 1 clearly showing the advance withrespect to the hinge.

A mechanism for restoring the pins to their standing position has beenindicated in Fig. 1 though any other means may be used for that purposedepending on rules and requirements in different places of amusements.The plate 12 with the lifting-pins 13 are shiftable on the guide-pins14. A cam 15 jointly mounted with the lever 17 on the common the frontfaces of the pins flush with the top in fallen position, the pins beinglaterally shaped and so spaced and arranged relative to each other thata pin in falling may contact with an adjacent pin to-knock down thelatter, the spacing being uneven to result in a falling of a differentnumber of pins when initial hits are made from difierent angles.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signedour names. ARNO SGHULZE.

WILLIAM AMANN.

' shaft 16 is operative by the puller 18, which may extend to thefront-end of the billiardtable or bowling-alley.

Having thus described our invention, we claim: 7

1. In a game of the class described, a structure with a smooth top,tenpins hingedly mounted in the structure and so spaced and arrangedrelative to each other that a pin in falling may contact with anadjacent pin to. knock down the latter.

' 2. In a game of the class described, a structure with a smooth top,tenpins having flat faces, said tenpins being hingedly mounted in acavity in said top so as to project above the top in standing positionand so as tobring the front faces of the pins flush'with the top infallen position,the pins being laterally shaped and so spaced andarranged relative to each other that a pin in falling may contact withan adjacent pin to knock down the latter with larger portions of thepins formingthe contacting means'at adistance from the hinge mountingsabove narrower portions, the larger portion of one pin disposed to liebesides with the narrower portion of an adjacent pin in fallen positionand adapted to form a uniformlyclosed top with respect to the spacingbetween the pins.

3. In a game of the type described, a structure with a smooth top,tenpins having flat faces, said tenpins being hingedly mounted in acavity in said top so as to project above the top in standing positionand so as to bring

